On June 7 Secretary of Labor Acosta testified before the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee on the FY 2018 budget request. "We're going to do more with less. And we have to do more with less," he said, "The budget makes hard choices. And they are hard. But they're responsible choices that have to be made."

On June 15 at 10am EST the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies will hold a hearing on the FY 2018 budget request, including a proposed 40% cut to NIOSH.